Ground Update: Central camp has been evacuated and the final structures have come down. There were a few arrests of those defending our kitchen. Occupiers have been pushed out to the perimeters of Lincoln park and yet... Occupy Denver lives on. This is NOT over. Make signs. Come down. Fear Not. OCCUPY!

Protesters vowed to “defend the occupation” of the park after police said they would clear out their belongings under rules set by the private park’s owner. Demonstrators formed cleanup crews that swept and mopped through the night as crowds gathered ahead of the owner’s planned move into the park.

Brookfield [Office Properties Inc.], a New York-based real-estate developer, had said earlier that crews would close sections of the park for cleaning beginning at 7 a.m. New York time to relieve “unsanitary conditions.” In a letter to the city last night, Brookfield Chief Executive Officer Ric Clark said the cleanup would be postponed “a few days while we attempt to work out an arrangement with the protesters.”

Stephen Levin, 30, a city council member from the 33rd District in Brooklyn, said the gathering of thousands of people “made the difference.”

It sounds as though the unions arrived and surrounded the protesters. If the police had wanted to make arrests it sounds as though they would have had to go through the Teamsters, UAW, Nurses, ….. first. Iraq and Afghanistan veterans were also involved. This morning was a huge victory, because it was a test of the resolve and the discipline of the protesters. They showed their mettle at night facing the prospect of the NYPD.

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